bex lin

As a researcher and artist, I develop computational tools to support expressivity in art, design, and fabrication.

I'm advised by Erik Demaine at MIT CSAIL, and I'm very fortunate to also work with Zach Lieberman at MIT Media Lab and Mackenzie Leake at Adobe Research. My work has been generously supported by the MIT Stata Family Presidential Fellowship and the NSERC PGS D.

I earned my B.Sc. from UBC, during which I was advised by wonderful mentors: Will Evans, Craig Kaplan, Nick Harvey, and Alla Sheffer.

I am excited to be part of Future Sketches at the Media Lab this fall.

I'm interning at Adobe Research in SF this summer with Mackenzie Leake!

Guess who's creating morphing art? Thanks, CAMIT, for the generous support.

I'm in Tokyo this summer visiting the Origami Lab led by Tomohiro Tachi!

I enjoy exploring problems from different perspectives. This approach has led to contributions across several domains, including theoretical computer science, computer graphics, human-computer interaction, and robotics.

Several research themes that I am engaging with, or have contributed to, include:

• exploring computational approaches to sustainable fashion design
• designing and fabricating shape-changing structures
• creating computational art tools for artists and designers

While I sometimes author papers, I'm also excited about alternative outcomes of research, such as art installations, tools, and educational resources.

Note: (α-β) denotes alphabetical ordering, typical in mathematics, and (*) denotes equal contribution.

Developing thoughts on: the interplay between my inner and outer worlds, documenting this one wild and precious life in a meaningful way, and balancing dreaming and doing.

Check out some of my digital trails—I'm collecting ideas @scatteringstate, keeping a photo diary @bexinsf, recording some making @rebeccayelin, and watering a word garden @ryelin.

I am incredibly blessed to have parents whom I admire deeply for their strength, my siblings — Esther, Josh, and Sam who are my closest confidants, and the cutest of cats, Bit and Byte.